Leo Francis (4 December 1922 – 13 December 2003) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne Local government ar ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Francis came to North Melbourne from Bendigo CYMS. In 1945, his debut season, Francis was a member of the North Melbourne team which contested the VFL finals for the first time in their history.AFL Tables: Leo Francis
/ref> A wingman, Francis missed the 1950 VFL Grand Final with a knee injury. Later in the 1950s he was captain-coach of Sandhurst in the

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. He was the uncle of Peter Francis, who played for four VFL clubs.Blueseum: Peter Francis
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Francis, Leo 1922 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club players Sandhurst Football Club players Sportspeople from Bendigo 2003 deaths 20th-century Australian sportsmen